Cross post from Richmondtrials :

The build is finally finished! I was skeptical about switching from the Slate II to the Kortz, but afterall it rides like a dream. Thank you Kevin and www.wherestheseat.com .

15-hour review:

The frame is surprisingly stiff. With that, the +65 feels very stable and borders on being effortless on the rear. Also, last night I was tapping much better on the new fork and stem- as in actually tapping to rear instead of to wheels as per usual. I think the old Meta fork was too tall and had too much rake. Plus having a long steerer and fork made the front unresponsive and the rear was sluggish.

Now I can get a bit more lateral travel/tuck on my sidehops, which was the biggest problem with my "technique". It wheelswitches much differently. I need to travel more upward than forward. I have no doubt that over the next week or half dozen rides I will get used to it. Already gotten used to the different steering. Kinda got used to adjusting to this after trying so many bar/stem combinations.

I have not measured the geo, but I'm using an appropriate fork so it should be near whatever is listed.

Pics:







Sorry the pics are not good. It's winter and it rains every other day so no point scrubbing the bike for pictures. Nice to go from gold to something a little less flashy. The purple/pewter accents had to stay. Anyway I think it looks great.

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Spec:

Frame: Rockman Kortz II
Fork: Rockman Spade
Stem: Rockman
Headset: Neon, pewter/gunmetal (non-production color?)
Bar: Trialtech High Rise (stripped raw from white)
Grips: Head tennis racket tape over stripped ODI plastic lock-on cores
BB: Neon Ti/Carbon
Cranks: Echo Urban
Chain: KMC 710
Bash: Trialtech Half-Bash, turned black-side-out
Cogs: Surly (steel), 18-15
Pedals: MG-1

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Rear Wheel: King ISO HD, Rockman single-wall rim, Sapim CX-Ray spokes (best wheel ever), Conti Der Kaiser
Front Wheel: King ISO, Neon single-wall rim, Kenda Nevegal 2.1 Stick-E

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Front Brake: Hope Trials, Hope Tech lever, Ashima rotor
Rear Brake: HS-33, RB Design lever (black blade!)
Booster: Trialtech carbon
Mounts: Because (better than Echo TRs so far!)
Pads: TNN LGM


Thanks for looking :D

Is it a commercial promotiom??